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19-03-2018 HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AT PORT Commandant Bhim Singh Kothari Director(Fisheries & Environment) Indian Coast Guard 1 INTRODUCTION Oceans Livelihood Rich flora and fauna facilitate


  1. 19-03-2018 HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AT PORT Commandant Bhim Singh Kothari Director(Fisheries & Environment) Indian Coast Guard 1 INTRODUCTION • Oceans • Livelihood • Rich flora and fauna facilitate growth • Facilitates means for operating most economical mode of transportation 2 1

  2. 19-03-2018 INTRODUCTION • Oceans • Dumping ground • Threatened from various type of pollution 3 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION • Specialised UN agency • Global standard setting authority • Develop regulatory framework 4 2

  3. 19-03-2018 INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ENFORCEMENT • National Legislation • Directorate General of Shipping - Maritime Administrator 5 HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES(HNS) 6 3

  4. 19-03-2018 HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES(HNS) SPILL SCENARIO 7 HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES(HNS) SPILL 8 4

  5. 19-03-2018 COMPENSATION REGIME 9 HNS SPILL COMPENSATION REGIME 10 5

  6. 19-03-2018 SALIENT FEATURES HNS CONVENTION • The HNS Convention - ‘ polluter pays policy ’ • In line with international conventions for compensation for oil spills. 11 SAILENT FEATURES HNS CONVENTION • Framework directly administered by the member States. • Benefits all State Parties through strict liability and clear claims criteria. 12 6

  7. 19-03-2018 SAILENT FEATURES HNS CONVENTION • Contribution to the fund by shipping, oil, gas, chemical, petrochemical and other HNS industries • Ship-owners have strict liability • Ship-owners to have an insurance 13 SAILENT FEATURES HNS CONVENTION • Contributions will be based on the actual need for compensation. • Up to 250 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR*) is available per incident. 14 7

  8. 19-03-2018 COMPENSATION REGIME HNS CONVENTION 15 INDIA’S MARITIME STAKE • 2.01 million sq km of EEZ (2/3 rd of India’s Continental mass) • 7516 km coastline • 9 Coastal states / 4 UTs • 12 Major & 200 non-major ports • Majority of industries along the coast • 2.5 lakh fishing vessels (2 nd Largest in world) 16 8

  9. 19-03-2018 LAW ENFORCEMENT MARITIME DOMAIN • Coast Guard Act 1978, mandates ICG ✓ “Take such measures as are necessary to preserve and protect the maritime environment and to prevent and control marine pollution” • Central Coordinating Authority for Marine Pollution Control in 1986, • 2002 Amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 ✓ Central Coordinating Agency for combating oil spills ✓ Implement Contingency Plan for oil Spill Disaster 17 CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF NOS DCP First promulgated in July 1996 • Updated in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, and • comprehensively revised in 2015 Originally designed for responding to oil spills in Indian • Waters NOS-DCP facilitates national preparedness to HNS • incidents and also fulfils obligation to have in place national plan to respond to HNS incidents Reprint. 2006 2015 1996 2002 18 2017 9

  10. 19-03-2018 NATIONAL OIL SPILL DISASTER CONTINGENCY PLAN • Mandates ✓ Coastal states – Local Contingency Plan for shoreline cleanup ✓ Ports, OHAs and Oil Installation onshore – Facility Contingency Plan for Tier-I response 19 SPILL RESPONSE READINESS 20 10

  11. 19-03-2018 POLLUTION RESPONSE TEAM (PRT) • Pollution Response Team at Mumbai, Chennai and Port Blair • Pollution Response Team at Vadinar being established • Pollution Response Team at Paradip envisaged POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS • Pollution Control Vessels - 03 • Offshore Patrol Vessels - 16 11

  12. 19-03-2018 POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS • Inshore Patrol Vessel - 42 • Interceptor Boat - 57 POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS • Dornier - 39 • Advance Light Helicopter - 04 12

  13. 19-03-2018 POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS • Chetak - 19 SPILL RESPONSE INVENTORY • Boom • Skimmer 13

  14. 19-03-2018 SPILL RESPONSE INVENTORY • Spill Spray Arms • Heli Skimmer TRAINING AND EXERCISES 28 14

  15. 19-03-2018 IMO LEVEL 1 TRAINING Develop pool of trained manpower for meeting • National PR commitments Conducted by PRTs and ICGS Vadinar • 1894 personnel from both public and private sector • trained till date 29 IMO LEVEL 2 TRAINING The Indian Coast Guard jointly with AMET University, • Chennai conducts IMO OPRC Level II training at Chennai 40% of faculty assistance provided by Coast Guard • 52 Coast Guard Officers and 324 personnel from • stakeholders trained till date 30 15

  16. 19-03-2018 MOCK DRILLS AND EXERCISES 43 Mock Drills/ Seminars and 25 Local Pollution Response Exercises conducted 2017 31 NATIONAL LEVEL POLLUTION RESPONSE EXERCISE • NATPOLREX VI conducted in Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat • 19 Units of ICG, Stakeholders and Resource agencies participated 32 16

  17. 19-03-2018 JOINT INSPECTION • Ensure professionalism and standardisation of pollution response technique • JI undertaken by reps from ICG & MoS and ICG & OISD, for Major Ports and Oil Handling Agencies respectively 33 DIGITAL INDIA CAMPAIGN • Provision for uploading of Annual Return and Contingency Plan through Environment module on ICG website • Dedicated email id created by Stakeholders for exchange of communication 34 17

  18. 19-03-2018 INDIAN COAST GUARD INITIATIVES FOR PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT 35 PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT • ‘Swachh Sagar Abhiyan’ launched Apr 16 • Objective to extend GoI drive of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ to Maritime Zones of India • Synergy towards Goal through collective responsibility • Targets ✓ ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ 02 Oct 19 ✓ ‘Swachh Sagar Abhiyan’ 15 Aug 22 36 18

  19. 19-03-2018 SAMUDRI PARYAVAARAN SANRAKSHAN TROPHY • Award for major ports • Evaluation criteria • Phase - I circulation of questionnaire • Phase - II Inspection of port • Objective • Encourage ports to preserve environment • Develop database • Share good practises with others 37 PORT RECEPTION FACILITY • In order to ensure that hazardous and noxious substances are not dumped into marine environment IMO has emphasised the importance of Port Reception Facility and has requested all member states to adopt ‘zero towards illegal tolerance policy’ discharges from ships. 38 19

  20. 19-03-2018 WAY FORWARD • Need to develop data base for HNS handled by ports • Developing network of suitable sensors to monitor water quality and spills in ports and coastal waters • Developing network of suitable sensors to monitor air quality in ports • Creating platform for regular interaction and sharing of knowledge amongst ICG, Scientific community and industry 39 CONCLUSION • Collectively join hands to synergies efforts • Meet obligation towards to preserve and protect marine environment and prevent and control marine pollution • Leave a legacy of clean seas for future generations 40 20

  21. 19-03-2018 “Cleaner Seas” ..... a way towards “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” 41 Thank you 42 21

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